All articles by Shaun Lintern – Page 67
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NewsExclusive: Clegg to launch mental health action plan
Nick Clegg is next week expected to launch a national mental health action plan, advocating a further push towards “parity of esteem” between the sector and the rest of healthcare, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute providers allege institutional bias
Healthcare leaders from across the community and mental health sectors have united against plans to cut the tariff price for their services by a fifth more than the reduction proposed for acute providers.
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NewsExclusive: Female consultants face awards 'discrimination'
A significant decline in the proportion of clinical excellence awards being awarded to women has led to claims that female consultants are falling victim to discrimination, HSJ has learned.
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News'Weaknesses' in decisions to drop cases against doctors
Weaknesses have been found in the General Medical Council’s handling of one in five of the fitness to practise cases that it closed early without doctors facing a disciplinary panel, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAnalysed: England's national workforce plan
The growing and contracting staff groups are revealed in Health Education England’s proposal to allocate the NHS’s £5bn education and training budget
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Leicester faces £40m deficit
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has said it will need ongoing financial support from the Department of Health after its forecast deficit doubled to almost £40m.
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NewsExclusive: Medical students face new NHS entry exam
Medical students may be given a full licence to practise medicine as soon as they graduate. However, under new plans they would have to sit an additional exam to gain entry onto the foundation programme that allows them to work for the NHS.
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NewsPlan to solve emergency staffing crisis revealed
A plan to increase the numbers of doctors working in over-stretched emergency departments across England has been unveiled by Health Education England.
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NewsWorkforce plan promises 9pc rise in nurse training places
The first ever national workforce plan for the NHS has been approved this afternoon by Health Education England, promising a 9 per cent increase in the number of training places for nurses.
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GP surgery faced closure in property wrangle
Landlords came close to closing a GP surgery amid a lease renewal blunder involving NHS Property Services and NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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Walsall reduces paperwork by 80 per cent
A West Midlands trust is claiming to have reduced the total number of forms nurses need to complete by 80 per cent, down from 1,500 to just 300.
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NewsCommunity providers urge Monitor to divert resources from acute sector
Community providers have urged Monitor to support the development of new payment systems which will take investment away from the acute sector.
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NewsChancellor signals further pay restraint
The chancellor used his autumn budget statement to warn of public sector pay restraint beyond 2015.
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NewsJudge acts to stop Mid Staffs nurse leaving NMC register
A High Court judge has granted a last minute injunction to stop former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust chief nurse Jan Harry from leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.
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NewsWorkforce plan delayed amid budget talks
The publication of the first national plan for the health workforce has been delayed by Health Education England as discussions with the Department of Health over its budget allocation continue.
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NewsPrivate sector wins access to NHS pension
Private providers of health service funded care will be granted access to the NHS Pension Scheme under proposals announced today.
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NewsExclusive: GMC and NMC handling of Mid Staffs cases reviewed
The Professional Standards Authority is to review the Nursing and Midwifery Council and General Medical Council’s handling of alleged misconduct cases relating to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust staff, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsMental health spending study axed by DH
The government has axed an annual study of spending in mental health services a year after HSJ revealed it had shown the first fall in spending for a decade.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: HEE bids to tackle staffing crisis
Health Education England is to take a lead in managing the national supply of the NHS workforce, starting with a major campaign to tackle a crisis in nursing numbers, HSJ has been told.
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NewsManagers to face 'direct consequences' for failure
Senior NHS managers including chief executives could have their contracts linked to their organisation’s performance in the new Care Quality Commission ratings.